Alexander Porter

Alexander Porter (24 June 1785-13 January 1844) was a US Senator from Louisiana (NR) from 19 December 1833 to 5 January 1837 (succeeding Josiah S. Johnston and preceding Alexandre Mouton) and from 4 March 1843 to 13 January 1844 (succeeding Charles Magill Conrad and preceding Henry Johnson).

Biography
Alexander Porter was born in County Donegal, Ireland in 1785, and he immigrated to the United States in 1801 and settled in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1807, he became a lawyer in Attakapas Parish, Louisiana, and he served in the state legislature from 1816 to 1818 and on the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1821 to 1833. In 1833, he was appointed to succeed Josiah S. Johnston as a US Senator, serving until 1837, when he resigned due to ill health. In 1843, he was again elected to the Senate, but he did not take his seat due to ill health, and he died in 1844.